CHARLOTTE — There are more than 1,400 inmates in the Mecklenburg County Jail, and Sheriff Garry McFadden is working hard to stop COVID-19 from getting into the detention center.
"We are gonna take the necessary precautions,” he said. “Put them in isolation -- have the nurse look at them and observe them for a while."
>> In the video at the top of this webpage, McFadden points out the changes he has made.
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